7月24日，ABC俱乐部的学生们为12个从中国来美学习的初中生办了一次别开生面的讨论会 (http://youtu.be/XCDuNOWVlQE) 。来自大洋两岸，同样长着黄皮肤黑眼睛的20多个青少年，在八年级小主持人Megan的引导下，从握手介绍，主题讨论，到即兴短剧 (http://youtu.be/NnkHNRoQXnE http://youtu.be/Wbt4cNYRFGM, http://youtu.be/Wbt4cNYRFGM), 才艺表演，变小魔术等等，不但有各方面交流比较，还有欢乐的笑声。当大家在钢琴伴奏下演唱“童话”这首著名歌曲时，真情流露 (http://youtu.be/Y-eWHVfsnMg)；大人孩子们猜测小魔术又是那么聚精会神 (http://youtu.be/a8xAxB4bZa4)。
主题讨论的具体内容见下面总结。ABC (Achieving Better Communication) 俱乐部几年来定期办讨论会，涉猎各种主题，诸如公正，平权法案，亚裔偏见，压力，passion and career, leisure, 等等。
ABC Club hosts discussion with 12 students from China
July 24, 2014
Moderated by Megan Pan, Reported by Arnold Jia
Introduction
ABC Club: http://youtu.be/XCDuNOWVlQE
Chinese students: http://youtu.be/AeRlwf0Lnmo
1: What are some of your conceptions of America? Did any of those change when you arrived?
· Think America is a country of luxury, but America has darkness in it too
· Think America is a big and beautiful country, but Americans are a bit impolite
2: What are some of your conceptions of China?
· Thought China would be dirty and bad, but China turned out better
3: Newark Academy http://youtu.be/8YEZiUEmXkY
· China has more homework and ends later than Newark Academy. Class is more interesting because China classes are more about what teachers will give to students, while Newark Academy teachers have more activities.
4: Chinese School
· More pressure, harder to keep up, kids try harder than in America
5: What concerns do you have?
· China: Too much pressure from schoolwork and parents, too much homework
· China: Pop test
· America: Competition in piano http://youtu.be/UkRlN7oG3TQ;
being Asian http://youtu.be/-Lg-godThcc
Too many extracurricular activities http://youtu.be/nhgX6ZE8CS0
6: How did you learn English?
· English classes every day
· From grade 1
· Books and movies
· Teachers taught English since Kindergarten, age 2
Performance 1 (2 boys from China, 1 from ABC)
About a boss interviews two people, one bad impression and one good http://youtu.be/VtXFEoindBk
Audience laughs http://youtu.be/NnkHNRoQXnE http://youtu.be/FcbvEIDc-V8
Bad talks in slang and leaves for a phone call “Needs the money for drugs”
Good talks respectfully and likes the job
Audience member pulls bad off the stage
Questions from Chinese to ABC
· ABC: What’s your daily life like?
o Go to school at 7, begins at 8 and finished 12:15, begin at 2:30, finish at 5:30. Do homework from 7 to 11. Practice piano then sleep
o Get up at 6:20 and school starts at 7:20, have classes until 12:00, then resume at 1:15 and ends at 5:40, supper, start evening classes at 6 and end at 9. No homework
o Same classmates for years
o School starts at 7:40 and ends at 2:30. A lot of homework: tests, homework, etc. Sleep at 10:30. Extracurricular activities
o Classmates aren’t as close in America, too separate, no classes together
o High school has too many teachers that you want to kill them. Some teachers are incompetent but assign so much homework, teachers don’t answer your questions.
o At Chinese swim team, coach spanked girl with a flipper, girl ended up at hospital, coaches were smoking.
· ABC: What was the competition like to come to America?
o Starts at school, teachers chose top students, competed out of big area.
Performance 2 (3 from China, 1 from ABC)
Typical Chinese class: Bad student, good student, creepy student, teacher
Audience laughs at “creepy student” http://youtu.be/XgtrOaVPlZ4
Teacher student confrontation http://youtu.be/Wbt4cNYRFGM
Talent Shows
Piano performance from both sides, classic and pop: Chinese popular song Fairytale, where the audience joined in singing http://youtu.be/Y-eWHVfsnMg;
Adele song Skyfall from 007 movie http://youtu.be/vcZ2NMpfiDw
Magic tricks: coin http://youtu.be/a8xAxB4bZa4
poker http://youtu.be/X31Un-xKFxE http://youtu.be/LFySgT8EhQA
| 李春燕 (2014-07-25 11:35:51) |
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转“当学生们演奏起钢琴，海内外华人一起情不自禁地歌唱，每个人都被深深感染。” |
| Lao7 (2014-07-25 18:03:00) |
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非常有意义的活动！ 参加这样活动的孩子，不会“宅”。 |
| 海云 (2014-07-25 18:30:52) |
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好热闹！这么多孩子啊，多少是从中国来的？ |
| 李春燕 (2014-07-25 20:09:25) |
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两边的孩子都非常精彩！ |
| 李春燕 (2014-07-25 20:18:28) |
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谢海云！12个，从英语竞赛中选拔出来。昨天气氛实在感人，就破例发表了，本来这么多年我仅给内部发总结。哎，发完视频写完中文介绍也是兴奋地一夜未睡。 |
| 李春燕 (2014-07-25 20:29:33) |
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http://youtu.be/Y-eWHVfsnMg 完全即兴，没想到从中国来的孩子会弹奏这首歌。是我儿子们最喜欢的歌曲。老大经常用吉他弹唱。 |
| 圆通赏花进行时 (2014-08-04 03:24:27) |
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太感人了！谢谢啊分享！谢谢啊谢谢！ |
| 李春燕 (2014-08-08 23:56:38) |
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两岸孩子沟通确实感人！ |